Christian Yelich’s Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs, who will be sending Justin Steele to the hill, face off at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, August 29. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Yelich
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -122 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -110 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +108 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs will hand the ball to Steele (14-3) for his 25th start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Thursday, when he tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs on six hits in a matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- Among qualified pitchers this year, the 28-year-old’s 3.20 ERA ranks ninth, 1.188 WHIP ranks 23rd, and 8.7 K/9 ranks 31st.
- The Cubs strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 4.27 this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
- Cubs pitchers have a 1.278 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
- The Cubs have allowed the 10th-fewest home runs this season at just 145, or 1.1 per game.
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Christian Yelich Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/28/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 2-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/6/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 7/5/2023 | Justin Steele | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/4/2023 | Kyle Hendricks | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 7/3/2023 | Drew Smyly | 3-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 4/2/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/1/2023 | Justin Steele | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 3/30/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 8/28/2022 | Adrian Sampson | 3-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/27/2022 | Drew Smyly | 4-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
Yelich Stats and Trends
- Yelich has collected a hit in 89 of 127 games this season, with multiple hits in 38 of them.
- He has hit a home run in 16 of 127 games in 2023 (12.6%), which is 3% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored in 50.4% of his 127 games this season. That includes more than one run scored in 19.7% of those games (25).
- Yelich has produced at least one run 45 times this season in 127 tries (35.4%), including plating more than one run in 13.4% of games (17 times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on six occasions.
- He has gone down on strikes in 58.3% of his 127 games this season, while fanning more than once in 23.6% of those contests (30).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | GP | 63 |
| 46 (71.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 43 (68.3%) |
| 18 (28.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 20 (31.7%) |
| 33 (51.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 31 (49.2%) |
| 6 (9.4%) | Games w/1+ HR | 10 (15.9%) |
| 22 (34.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 23 (36.5%) |
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